JP2708852B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a selection input function of selecting and inputting a character input for a specific item from candidates registered in advance.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, when inputting data for an item, a candidate registered in advance is displayed in a candidate display area of a display screen, and a desired candidate is selected from the displayed candidates. There is a disaster prevention document system as an information processing apparatus having a selection input function for inputting a document.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such a conventional information processing apparatus, when displaying in a candidate display area on a candidate display screen,
If the number of characters of the candidate is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area at a predetermined character size (for example, full width), the operator can see only a part of the candidate. Therefore, when there was another similar candidate, the difference from the candidate could not be distinguished. In such a case, the operator must convert the character size of the candidate to be displayed smaller character size (e.g. byte, ¹ / _square) than a predetermined character size (e.g., double-byte) in the like, the burden to the operator Was hanging.

The information processing apparatus of the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when a candidate cannot be displayed in a display area with a predetermined character size, the candidate character size is set to be smaller than the predetermined character size and displayed. It is another object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus capable of easily confirming candidates and reducing operator's labor.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is an information processing apparatus having a selection input function of selecting and inputting data input for a specific item from candidates registered in advance. In order to solve the problem, candidate registration means for registering a candidate to be input in the item, display means provided with a display area for displaying the candidate, the number of characters of the candidate registered in the candidate registration means, Comparing means for comparing the number of characters that can be displayed in a display area provided on the display means with a predetermined character size; and displaying the candidate in the display area with a predetermined character size when displaying the candidate in the display area. When it is determined that the number of characters of the candidate is larger than the number of characters, control means for displaying the candidate in the display area with a character size smaller than the predetermined character size, It is characterized by having.

(E) Function As described above, the comparing means for comparing the candidate characters with the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area in a predetermined character size, and when the number of candidate characters is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area in full-width. By providing control means for displaying the number of candidate characters in a character size smaller than the predetermined character size when the determination is made, the number of candidate characters is smaller than the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area in the predetermined character size. When there are many candidates, the candidates are displayed in a character size smaller than the predetermined character size, so that all or most of the candidates can be viewed, and the candidates can be easily confirmed.

(F) Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The apparatus of this embodiment is an information processing apparatus that can be switched between a document creation mode and a data processing mode such as sorting and selection, and has a hardware configuration having an external appearance as shown in FIG. 1 and a functional block configuration as shown in FIG. Have. (1) is an input means consisting of a keyboard (1A) for inputting data, text, etc., selecting input of various functions, etc., and basically has a key arrangement of a commercially available word processor. As shown in the layout of the main part, the function keys (F1) to (F10) whose functions change according to the mode and the function keys (F11) that specify a specific function are provided. Operability has been improved. (2) means for displaying a CRT (2A),
(3) printing means consisting of a printer (3A) such as a laser beam printer, an LED printer, a thermal transfer printer,
(4) a text memory for storing text created in the document creation mode and image data of a card created in the data processing mode, and (5) a plurality of records including a plurality of items (fields) input in the data processing mode. A data processing record memory to be stored, (6) an item management table in which data for managing items in the data processing mode is recorded, and (7) a record (text data) created in the document creation mode for data processing. A data conversion correspondence table for associating a table position with a record item number at the time of data conversion processing for data conversion, (8) a data conversion position table for storing a table framework at the time of the data conversion, 9) The record of the data processing file is stored in the original form (document file) of the form created in the document creation mode. In the form management table storing location to embed de item data and the item No., which like (4) - (9) At the time of processing of the document creation and data processing
It is developed in a main memory composed of a RAM, and is stored in an auxiliary memory composed of a hard disk after processing is completed or at an appropriate time.

(10) is a text editing means for performing text input and various editing functions, and (11) is a text management means for managing read (R) / write (W) to the text memory (4).
It has an access line pointer and an access column pointer that indicate the row and column that can be read / written. (12) is a record management means, which has an access pointer pointing to a record that can be read / written in order to manage the R / W of the item data of the record. (13)
Is a data display format management unit that switches between displaying records in a card format on a one-by-one basis or displaying a list of a plurality of records in a data processing mode. (14) is a selection processing means for performing processing for excluding records that do not meet the selection designation condition from processing targets, and returning the records to processing targets when the selection is released. (15) Data conversion means converts text data created in the document creation mode into records created in the data processing mode and accumulates the data as a database. (16) is a table frame analysis means, and a text management means (1
The positions of all table frames are detected for the line specified by the current line in 1). (17) is a form output means, which has a function of embedding a record created in the data processing mode into text data (original form) created in the document creation mode. (18) is a form modification generating means for setting a form modification attribute to an item name in the original form. (19) is a well-known kana-kanji conversion means for converting a Roman character or a kana character input from the input means (1) into a kanji, and functions in a document creation mode and a data processing mode. Reference numeral (20) denotes a directory table, which includes data necessary for display on the document selection screen, position information of the file configured for the document on the external memory, information on the number of constituent files, and a use status flag of each table. In. In the file position in the table, position information is written in the order of a text file, a record file, and an item management table. (21) is a file management unit for reading the data of the directory table (20) from the external memory immediately after turning on the power and displaying a document selection screen for selecting a document. The file is read based on the information in the directory table (20). When a file in the document creation mode is selected, a text file is read from the external memory to the text memory (4). When a file in the data processing mode is selected, the text file is read from the external memory to the text memory (4), and the record file is read. To the record memory (5) and the item management table data to the item management table (6). Further, when a file for creating a new document is selected instead of an existing document, predetermined data is registered in the directory table (20). When each process is completed, the data in each of the memories (4) and (5) is written to the external memory, and the contents of the directory table (20) are also written to the external memory.

(22) is a main control means for controlling the above means (10) to (21) and realizing various functions of the apparatus of the present embodiment, and the control means (23) by these means (10) to (22). Is configured. The control means (21) is mainly composed of a central processing unit (not shown) in terms of hardware and the main memory and the auxiliary memory, and is stored in the main memory or the auxiliary memory in terms of software and controls the central processing unit. Exist as various programs indicating the following. Control means (21)
The functional means constituting are merely representative. The function means of the control means (21) can be replaced with a logic circuit as required.

The above memories (4) and (5) and the control means (23)
It is stored in the device body (23A). (24) is an insertion slot for a floppy disk (not shown). The document file and data processing file created by the main unit (23A) can be stored on the same floppy disk as needed, or dedicated to other document file creation as described below. Insert the floppy disk containing the document file created by the machine from here (24) and take in the document file of the disk, or download the data processing record from the text data of the document file and store it in the data processing file It is configured to perform data conversion (details will be described later).

Next, the operation and function of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.
The flow chart of the control means (23) shown in FIG.
Explanation will be given according to the display screen of the figure.

[A] Device Startup and Document Selection When the device is first turned on, a document creation program is loaded, and an initial screen shown in FIG. 5-1 is displayed on the display means (2). In the display example, five files No. 1 to No. 5 are already created and stored in the memory as numbered at the left end. Of the five files, file Nos. 1, 2, and 4 whose paper columns are black inverted are data processing files created in data processing mode, and those that are not inverted are No. 3 and 5 in document creation mode. Indicates that the file was created. At the bottom of the screen, the function keys (F1) to (F10) at the top of the input means (1)
Is displayed, and F1 corresponds to editing (document creation) and F6 corresponds to data processing.

[B] Activation of data processing mode As described above, when the apparatus is activated, the initial screen shown in FIG. 5-1 is displayed. In the initial state, the horizontal one-line cursor (C1) is a new document of No. 0 No. 0 is black-reversed in order to notify that the state is acceptable.
In this state, a document is selected based on step S1 in FIG. As this document is created in the data processing mode, when the function key (F6) for selecting data processing is pressed from the menu item at the bottom of the display screen, the data processing mode is entered in step S2. If a new creation is determined in step S3, the display screen changes to FIG. 5-2, and a window for inputting a document name, date, etc. is displayed in the lower right frame. In this way, after inputting the document name, date, etc. in the lower right frame of the multi-window display screen, execute key (SW
When 1) is pressed, the document creation program that has been loaded is invalidated, and the data processing program is loaded instead. As a result, the data processing mode is activated, the display screen is changed to FIG. 5-3, and the flow shifts to a card design routine of step S5.

[C] Card Design The screen shown in FIG. 5-3 is a screen corresponding to one blank page in the document creation mode, and the cursor (C2) can be freely moved within one blank page. Character input,
The free input screen can be designed by the key line drawing by the same operation as in the document creation mode using the function of the text editing means (10). At the bottom of the display screen, a function key for designating a data type (character or numerical value, etc.) of an item to be input is displayed.

Now, the design of an address book card consisting of four items of name, address, telephone and age will be described with reference to FIG. 5-4. First, the cursor (C2) is moved to an appropriate position on the screen, and the item name “name” is input by using kana-kanji conversion. Next, move the cursor to the data entry start position on the right end of the name, and enter characters to
After pressing the function key (F1) indicating the character item and moving the cursor movement key (SW2) of the input means (1), the area from the start position (P1) to the cursor end position (P2) is in the "Phone" column. As described above, the black item is inverted (X), and the provisional item data input area can be confirmed. When the temporary area is sufficient, when the execution key (SW1) is depressed, an underlined 'X' fills the area and defines a 'name' item because it is a character item. The leading 'X' makes the starting position (P1) clear by increasing the character height. Similarly, the definition of each item of "address", "telephone", and "age" is performed in the same manner as "name". To enter a numerical value like the item of 'age', press the function key (F2) for specifying the numerical value item. In this case, the input area is filled with an underlined 'N' (No. 5-5).
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In the definition of this input item, the size of 'X' or 'N' automatically changes depending on whether the size of the cursor (C2) is half-width, full-width, double-width or half-width beforehand. A data input condition in a character or a numerical value according to the size of is defined. Enter the maximum number of digits allowed beforehand next to the input item, for example, 'Name', and trace the entered character with the cursor to define the item data entry of the number of digits along the input character Can be performed. In this case, since the definition is made according to the number of digits of the input character, the number of digits can be easily designed.

[D] Data Entry After the setting of each item is completed and the end key (F11) of the input means (1) is pressed, a large shaded large letter 2 is displayed below the screen as shown in the screen of FIG. 5-6. Two function keys are displayed, and the left half (F1) of the input means keys
When any one of .about. (F5) is pressed, the process shifts to item entry in the card format for each leaf (step S7) in step S6 in FIG. Also, the right half (F6) of the function keys
Pressing any one of (F10) cancels the card definition and returns to step S1. In step S7, as shown in FIG. 5-7, the display screen is a blank card display with only the item names except for the underlined 'X' and 'N' in the page image created by the card design. At the lower right corner of the screen, not only the position of the cursor but also the number of the card being input is displayed. The cursor (C3) at the time of data input can move only the item area (the area where X or N was set) set in the card design, and the cursor size is automatically changed to the defined character size. Also, in the character item, you can use free kanji by converting kana kanji,
Although kana characters can be entered, only the numeric keys of the input means (1) are accepted for numeric items, and only numeric strings can be entered.

When the input of each item is completed, a display screen as shown in FIG. 5-8 is displayed, and when the next page key (F12) of the input means (1) is pressed, the screen is changed to a blank page as shown in FIG. 5-9 based on step S9. The second card is displayed, and the process returns to step S7 to input the item data in the second card format as shown in FIG. 5-10.
By circulating the loop of steps S7 to S9 in this manner, an arbitrary number (number) of card-type address book data for each leaf is created. In this example, twelve cards were created as shown in FIG. 5-11.

[E] Display format switching When the display switching key (F13) is pressed in step S8, the flow shifts to the flow of FIG. 4 and the data display format management means (13) displays a list from the previous card format screen as shown in FIG. 5-12. (Step S20). In this list display, data (one record) of one card is assigned to one line and displayed, and the display order and width of the item in the card design when viewed from the upper left to the lower right in the card design. The order corresponds to the order from left to right of one row of the list, and the column width matches the number of digits of the item determined at the time of definition. The order and length in this one line are determined in step S21.
The operation proceeds to step S26 by operating the display format change key (F14). This step can be changed arbitrarily.
Also, if the total number of characters in the display area of one horizontal line of the list is larger than the number of displayable characters in the horizontal direction of the screen, a part of the displayable items from the left item appears on the screen,
By moving the cursor (C3) rightward, horizontal scrolling is performed, and any item can be displayed on the screen. For example, in the screen shown in Fig. 5-12, the telephone number is displayed only partway, but this display format change processing is used to remove the blank space existing in the name and address columns by reducing the number of digits. Can be changed as shown in Fig. 5-13. Further, in the example of FIG. 5-13, the age column has been moved from the end to the front of the address. As described above, the list is automatically created based on the input in the card format, but the format can be changed to an arbitrary format while viewing the list screen without returning to the card format data creation mode. is there.

Next, in the list display, input or correction of item data is accepted in step S20. In case of modification, 5-14
As shown in the figure, when the cursor (C3) is moved to the item data box, a character input box (l ₁ ) is displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the cursor is moved to the item to be corrected and the correct item is entered in the character input box (l ₁ ). Data may be input by a word processor touch from the input means (1). The items corrected in this way are the same as the item data corrected in the card format in spite of the list display. That is, when the display switching key (F13) is pressed in step S21, the screen returns to the corrected card display format as shown in FIG. 5-15, and it can be seen that the address item has been changed to the correct data.

When the next page key (F12) is pressed in step S21, a field of card No. 13 is automatically added and displayed in step S22 (not shown). Here, by inputting item data,
New records (cards) are additionally created in the list display state.

[F] Select Processing Next, returning to FIG. 3, the select processing will be described as data processing in the data processing file including the input 12 records. When the select key (F15) is pressed in step S7, the screen changes to FIG. 5-16, and the flow shifts to step S10 for receiving the selection condition. Then, a condition input screen is displayed below the card display screen, and "Osaka *" is input by a word processor touch from the input means (1) in order to search for a record having an address attached to Osaka in the condition input field (l ₂ ).
"*" Is a prefix match operator indicating that any character after Osaka may be used. After inputting the conditions, press the execution key (SW
By pressing 1), the process proceeds to step S11, where the selection processing by the selection processing means (14) is performed.

In the present embodiment, there are five records that meet the above selection conditions. To see them in a list, press the display switching key (F13) in step S8 to display the records as shown in FIG. 5-17. If the display switching key (F13) is not pressed, it is possible to view one card at a time in card format.

If the user does not need the result of the selection process and wants to save all 12 input records, the selection is released by pressing the selection release key (F16). Next, by pressing the end key (F11) in step S8, the screen shown in FIG. 5-18 is displayed, and in step 15, the document name, author name, and date are displayed again in the window. Press the execution key (SW1) if the displayed content is OK, and correct and input items such as the document name and date for which you want to correct them, and then press the execution key (SW1).
By pressing, the data processing file of “address book” is closed, and the process returns to step S1. Finally, FIG. 5-19 shows that the new data processing file No. 6 has been recorded in the memory.

In addition to the above-described selection, sorting and other conditional processing using logical operators such as AND and OR are also possible as data processing. For example, a search is performed using a conditional expression [address = Osaka *] AND [age> 30 years old].

[G] Configuration of Data Processing File In this one data processing file, the card image of the “address book” is stored in the text memory (4), and a plurality of record data (each record is composed of a plurality of item data) ) Are stored in the record memory (5) as shown in FIG. Information on where each item of the record is embedded in the card image is stored in an item management table (6) as shown in FIG. Specifically, the record in FIG. 5-8 will be described.
The card image data stored in FIG. 5-7 is as shown in FIG. 5-7.
Each line is stored in the text memory (4). For example, the name line is stored as shown in FIG. Each character data (L1) consists of 32 bits as a combination of 16-bit data (D1) representing character modification and a 16-bit character code (D2) defined by the JIS standard as shown in FIG. This character data structure is the same as the character data structure of a document file created in a document creation mode described later.

When a document created in the data processing mode as shown in FIG. 5-8 is created in the document creation mode, the entire document is stored in the text memory (4) as shown in FIG. The storage mode and the structure of the character data are the same as those of the card image data in FIG. 5-7.

Each item data created in the data processing mode is
As shown in the figure, the processing information of the first record, name data, address data, telephone data, age data, processing information of the second record, name data, address data, telephone data,... ), And if the first record is described in detail, as shown in FIG. 14, the processing information '0' means that it is not a processing object, and '1' means that it is a processing object. Normally, it is 1 and those which are excluded from the selection processing become '0' and cannot be accessed by the user.), The character data string constituting the name data, the character data string of the address data,... It is memorized. Here this record memory (5)
As shown in FIG. 16, the character data has the same structure as the character data in the text memory (4), so that in this embodiment, the data conversion processing (from the tabular text data created in the document creation mode is necessary) Of the item data is transferred to the record memory (5) and stored in the database to create a database), or vice versa, and the record output process of embedding the record of the record memory (5) in the text data of the document file can be easily performed. It has become. The item management table (6) is created at the time of designing the card described above. For example, when embedding item data in the card image shown in FIG. 5-7, the record memory (5) is referred to by referring to the table (6). Function to read out and embed the item data in a predetermined position.

Also, since the age data is numerical data, the 16-bit JI of other character string data strings is stored in the record memory (5).
It is stored not as an S code but as a code in a 4-bit BCD format. This is because the type of data handled in the data processing file has more numerical values than normal characters, and if even numeric type numbers are handled in 16-bit JIS code, memory capacity is wasted.

[H] Form Output Processing The form output processing for creating a form by taking records of a data processing file (for example, an address book file) created in the data processing mode into a document file created in the document creation mode will be described.

<Original Form Creation> First, on the display screen shown in FIG. 5-19 corresponding to step S1 in FIG. 3, position the cursor on one horizontal line to create a new form (in the initial state, the function key (F1) exists). ) Is pressed, the document creation mode is selected in step S2, and the processes in S30 to S33 are executed. That is, step S3
If YES is determined as 0, the process proceeds to step S31, where
When the screen shown in Figure 0 is displayed and the input of the document name, date, etc. is accepted and the execution key (SW1) is pressed, the process moves to step S32,
The screen changes to Fig. 5-21. On this screen, the cursor moves freely, and various text editing functions (so-called word processor functions) are executed by the text editing means (10) by inputting characters, drawing a key line, and modifying characters from the input means (1). . To explain the original form creation shown in Fig. 5-22 in detail, enter the entire title of the 'phone number list' and the item title of 'name''phonenumber' by kana-kanji conversion and draw the frame of the table by drawing the K-line To form Next, input and display the same “name” and “telephone” as the item name of the address book file where you want to input the item data using the Kana-Kanji conversion function, and set the cursor (C4) at the start position of the item name to be modified. And the form modifier setting key (F1
7) Press and move the cursor (C4) to specify the range,
When the execution key (SW1) is pressed, a decoration (T) shaded is added to the specified range. That is, form modification generation means (18)
The attribute of the form decoration is set in the item name. By modifying all the item names for which data is to be captured by repeating such operations, the original form shown in Fig. 5-22 is completed. This decoration is applied to each item after entering the name, telephone, name, telephone of one horizontal line before drawing horizontal line, and after copying this one line, 5 lines are copied using the line repeat function, It can be done efficiently by creating a table frame with the K line drawing.

When the end key (F11) is pressed in step S32, step S33 is performed.
The screen shifts to the state of accepting the correction of the document name, date, etc. shown in FIG. 5-23. After the correction is made (or may be made as it is), when the execution key (SW1) is pressed, the process returns to the step S1. On the screen, as shown in FIG. 5-24, the original of the telephone list shown in FIG. 5-22 is stored in the text memory (4) as file No. 7, and is managed as a document file.

<Output Condition Setting> Next, in step S1, place the cursor on the address book file (No. 6), which is the data processing file to be output on the original form, and press the data processing function key (F6). Step S3 to Step
After S7, S8, and S20, the process proceeds to step S21 in FIG. When the form output key (F18) is pressed in step S21, the process shifts to output condition setting step S23, and the screen is changed to that shown in FIG. 5-25. The setting of the output condition is performed according to the processing flow shown in FIG. That is, in step S40, the range of the record to be output among the records of the '6 address book' data processing file is, for example,
Take the sheet. (Note that the output range initial value includes the first sheet to the last sheet.) In FIG. 5-25, there is no embodiment for outputting a form (group) related to "page break specification". Is a function that sorts by the section item and changes the page of the form if the section changes. After setting, execute key (SW
Press 1) to move to step S41 and the screen will be as shown in Fig. 5-26. Move the cursor (C5) in the lower right window of the screen (reduced display in Fig. 5-24) and execute key (SW1) Press to select the original form. In this case, "7 telephone list" is specified. With this designation, the cabinet name, file name, and the like of the original form are automatically displayed in the "Original form designation" column.

Next, an output file name is set in step S42.
As the output file name, the name of the original form is automatically set as an initial value. However, in this embodiment, "one output of telephone list" and "one output" are added. This additional writing is executed by moving the cursor to the additional writing position and inputting by Kana-Kanji conversion. Although not shown, in step S42, the 5-2
The window in Fig. 6 has disappeared.

After completing the setting of the form output condition, confirming that the condition is correct, and pressing the execution key (SW1), the step S is performed.
YES is determined in 43, and the form output processing (second data conversion processing) in step S24 is executed. This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B.

<Form Output Processing> In FIG. 7, in step S51, the file of the original form specified by the form output condition is opened, and the file contents are stored in the text memory (4). Next, in step S52, the form management table (9) is cleared, and step S52 is executed.
At 53, the access line pointer of the text management means (11) is set to the first line. The process shifts to step S54 to determine whether or not there is a decoration item in the line indicated by the access line pointer. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5-22, since there is no decoration item up to the fifth line, NO is determined in step S58 for determining whether the access line is the end of the sentence up to the fifth line, and the access line is sequentially next in step S59. Proceed. Step S5 on the 5th line
In step S55, YES is determined, and in step S55, the starting digit position of the qualifying item of the access line is checked. From step S54, S55, S56, S57, until YES is determined in step S56, it is determined whether this check is completed. The loop returning to S54 is repeated. In step S57, the item No. corresponding to the item name with the form modification of the access line, its position and status "1" are set in the form management table (9). This table (9) is shown, for example, in FIG. The status '0' indicates that it has not been set. Such processing is repeated at the end of the text while the access line is being advanced. When the end of the text is reached, YES is determined in the step S58, and the process shifts to the step S60 to clear all the status columns of the form management table (9) to zero.

Next, in step S61, the access pointer of the record management means (12) is set to the start position of the record specified by the condition, and in step S62, the item of the record (composed of a plurality of item data) specified by the access pointer is set. No.
And the item number registered in the form management (9), and if the status of the form management table (9) is '0', the corresponding item of the record based on the starting row / digit indicated by the table (9) Embed the data in the original form text in Figure 5-22. After embedding, set the status to '1'. And step S63
After the access pointer is advanced to the next in step S6
It is determined whether or not the range of the record specified in step 4 has been exceeded, and the flow returns to step S62. Thus, steps S62, S63, S
The loop of S64 and S62 is continued until the access pointer exceeds the twelfth record, and the embedding of the item data is continued. If YES is determined in the step S64, the step S65 is performed.
In step (2), the text contents of the text memory (4) are read, and a new file is created and managed with the output file name “address book list-output” specified by the condition. As a result,
On the screen shown in the figure, a file name of “8 telephone list-output” is added. Then, when the cursor (C1) is positioned on file No. 8 and the execution key (SW1) is pressed on this screen, the file is opened, and its contents are shown in FIG. 5-28. That is, the data of the corresponding items of the 12 sets of records are embedded in the modification item portion of the original form.

In this way, the data of the data processing file is effectively used by being embedded in the text of the document file.

In this embodiment, a form output file (No. 8) is created and processed separately from the original form file (No. 7), but the form output file (No. 8) is not created. The data may be embedded immediately in the file (No. 7).

[I] Data Conversion Processing When there is a table created in the document creation mode in the own apparatus or another apparatus, it is difficult to use this text data as a database. The data conversion processing for capturing data as a record of the data processing file will be described below.

It is assumed that a document file (file name new employee list) created by the own device or another device as shown in FIG. 5-30 is stored in the auxiliary memory. In the display screen of Fig. 5-29 (step S1), move the cursor (C1) to the '6 address book' file and press the function key F6 for data conversion, and open the data processing file in steps S2 and S3, and step S7 When the data conversion key (F6) is pressed in step S8, the process proceeds to step S12 where the designation of a document file to be imported is accepted. This reception is performed by reducing the file list shown in FIG. 5-29 to the lower right by multi-window processing on the screen shown in FIG. 5-31. Move the cursor (C5)
When "9 New Employees List" is specified and the execution key (SW1) is pressed, the process proceeds to the item association step S13, and the screen is changed to the fifth to third.
As shown in FIG. 2, the text data of the designated document file is displayed above, and the card image of the data processing file is displayed below. At this time, the cursor (C6) is on the upper screen. By operating the cursor key (SW2), position the cursor (C6) on the start line to be processed (Fig. 5-33) and press the execution key (SW1). Are automatically added and displayed in correspondence with the frames (Y1) to (Y6) separated by vertical lines as shown in the display screen of FIG. 5-34. Then, move the cursor (C6) to the item to be captured by operating the cursor keys (5-35).
Pressing the item designation key (any of the function keys F1 to F5), the cursor (C6) automatically moves to the lower screen, and the designated item name is displayed at the lower right of the screen. And
Position the cursor (C6) in the item data area of the card to be associated. In this embodiment, since it is a name item,
When the corresponding item designation key (function key F1) is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 36, a number is added and displayed at the head of the item data area with the name as shown in FIG. 5-37. At the same time, the cursor (C6) moves to the next frame on the upper screen, and the specified item name at the lower right of the screen also disappears (Fig. 5-37). In this state, after pressing the item designation key to move the cursor (C6) to the lower screen, position the item in the age item data area, and press the corresponding item designation key to number the age item.

In this manner, the association between the data items of the card and the columns of the text table data is repeated by operating the item designation key, the corresponding item designation key, and the cursor key, and the association is completed (5-th.
Figure 38). Then, when the end key (F11) is pressed, step S14 is performed.
Performs data conversion processing. The details will be described with reference to the processing flow of FIG.

In FIG. 9, in step S70, the access line pointer of the record management means (12) is set to the last record, and in step S71, the access line of the text management means (11) is designated as the start line (5- Set it to the numbered line in Figure 37). Then, in step S72, the position and the order of the frames analyzed by the table frame analysis means (16) are set in the data conversion position table (8) as shown in FIG. 11, and in step S73, the text management means (11 )
It is determined whether or not the access line indicated by the access pointer is only the horizontal key line. First because it is NO
The process proceeds to S74, and the access line is subjected to table frame analysis means (1
Frame position and position table analyzed in 6) (8)
Compare with the position of the frame set in. At first, they naturally match, so the process proceeds to step S75 with YES, and a new record is added next to the record indicated by the access pointer of the record management means (12). The access pointer automatically advances to the added record. Next, in step S76, the data in the access line is read from the text memory (4) in accordance with the data conversion correspondence table (7) shown in FIG. Write to the item corresponding to the record of 5). In this case, if the data in the frame and the length of the item data are different, a space code is added after the item data (when the former is short), or the data is cut in the middle (when the former is long), etc. It is configured to automatically adjust the data length by the method. Also, the data size may be adjusted by automatically changing the character size from full-width to half-width and vice versa.

Next, in step S77, the access line is automatically advanced by one line and the cursor is simultaneously moved to the next line. In step S78, it is determined whether the sentence is the end of the sentence. If the sentence is not the end of the sentence, the process returns to step S73, and the data conversion is automatically repeated until the end of the sentence is determined in step S78. If it is determined in step S73 that the access line is a horizontal key line, the flow shifts to step S77. If the user wants to end the data conversion halfway, he can end it by pressing the end key (F11).

As a result of the data conversion, records are read from the text data, and as shown in the screen of FIG. 5-39, the number of records in the data processing file '6 address book has increased from 12 to 17 records.

Although the description has been omitted in the above embodiment, the information processing function can be improved by adding various functions as described below.

[J] List display function By the operation of the display format change key in the above,
Although it has been described that the format of the list display can be changed as shown in FIG. 12 to FIG. 5-13, the changed format can register, for example, 10 patterns, and the registered pattern can be arbitrarily changed by the selecting means. It is configured. In addition, the display pattern displayed first by operating the display switching means in the card display state may be the last registered display pattern, the most recently used display pattern, or the most frequently used display pattern. It is good.

[K] Aggregation processing function between cards In the above embodiment, the selection function has been described.
By adding processing as shown in FIG. 18 in a list display state after step S21 in FIG. 4, an inter-card counting processing function can be added. This function is used to calculate the average age in the 'address book' data processing file.
The description will be given with reference to FIG.

First, when a tabulation processing key (not shown), which is one of the function keys, is pressed, as shown in FIG. 19-1, a list is divided into upper and lower parts, a list is displayed on the upper screen, and a screen for setting the totaling condition is displayed on the lower screen. Is displayed. In step S80, the range of the processing card is input by moving the cursor (C7). Default value is Card 1
Since this is the 12th sheet from the 1st sheet, this input can be passed if all cards are targeted. Next, the procedure moves to step S81. This is done by placing the cursor (C7) on the group item (G1) and pressing the cursor key (SW2) → (or pressing a specific change key), the lower screen disappears first, and the display screen becomes a full list . In this state, when the cursor is positioned on the "group item" and the execution key is pressed, the screen is again divided into two screens, and the specified group item name is displayed in [] and the group item is specified. In this embodiment, since the item is not suitable as a group item, the cursor is moved to the next 'inserted function', and this step is passed, and the default setting 'add at the end of the specified range', That is, one totaling card is added after the last card. When a group item is designated, the totaling card for each group item is added by the number of groups. At the same time, the cursor (C7) moves to the "function to be inserted", and the process goes to step S82. Here, 'Average', 'Total', 'Subtotal',
A tabulation processing function such as 'deviation value' is displayed at the bottom of the screen. By selecting and inputting this, a ready-made tabulation card is selected and designated. In this case, 'Average' is selected,
'Average' is displayed in the column of 'Function to be inserted', indicating that the aggregation of the average is specified. At the same time, the cursor (C7) moves to "item to be calculated", and the routine goes to Step S83. Here, the lower screen disappears again, and the cursor can now move left and right in the list. Move the cursor to the item to be calculated, here the age item, and press the execution key. Return "Age" is displayed in "Calculation target item".

Next, the condition is confirmed on the display screen, and if it is good, the execution key is pressed. Then, YES is determined in step S84,
In step S85, the designated tabulation process is executed and the tabulation card is added, and the screen changes to FIG. 19-2. From this screen, it can be seen that the designated function (average) has been added after the twelfth card and the calculation result has been written. Note that the decimal point is not displayed because the display width is narrow in the average value display, but if the display width is wide, the decimal point is automatically displayed according to the display width.

[L] Selection Input A selection input function performed by selecting input of each item from preset candidates in the above embodiment will be described below. In order to add this function, the processing functions shown in FIGS. 20 (a) and (b) are added after step S7 after the card design is completed in the flow shown in FIG.
By changing the processing in step S8 in the figure to FIG. 20 (c), a program may be added so that the control means (21) performs the processing.

As shown in Fig. 21-1, the design of the card consisting of the items "name", "address", "telephone", and "department department" is completed, and the assignment department item is selected as "Electric" Denki Co., Ltd. as a selection input. An example of selecting and inputting “Rotating Machinery Division of Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.” from candidates such as “Rotating Machinery Division”,.

When the registration key (not shown) is pressed after the card design is completed, the screen is vertically divided in step S90 as shown in FIG. 21-2, the card image is displayed on the upper side in step S91, and the lower side is displayed in step S92. Side displays the item condition definition display. In this table, 'Item name', 'Type', 'Protect', and 'Entry process' are automatically displayed. At this time, the cursor is on the lower screen and is in a movable state, and when a conversion key (not shown) is pressed, it is determined whether or not the position of the cursor (C8) at the time of pressing in step S95 is in the 'protect' row. If YES, the process proceeds to step S99 to switch to “Yes” if “No”, and to “No” if “Yes”. Note that the initial value is set to “No”, and protection “No” means that input data of the item is accepted, and “Yes” means that data input of the item is not accepted. When protected, the movement of the cursor is controlled to pass (jump over) the item.

If the cursor (C8) is not in the column of "protect" in step S95, the process proceeds to step S96, and YES is determined that the cursor (C8) is in the column of "entry processing", and step S97 is performed.
Move to, it is determined whether the item is a character item, YE
If it is S, in step S98, "not" or "selection input" of "entry processing" is switched to "selection input" or "not input", respectively. Note that the initial value of the "entry process" is also set to "no". If NO is determined in the steps S96 and S97, the process returns to the step S93. For example, when the conversion key is pressed while the cursor (C8) at the time of setting the first condition cursor is positioned at the "entry processing" of the assigned department, S96, S97, S98, S99
The processing flow advances, and the “entry processing” of the “department department” is switched from “not performed” to “selection input”, and the process returns to step S93.

Operate the cursor key (C8) here to move the cursor (C8)
Is moved to the column of "process definition" (FIG. 21-3), the input acceptance of the execution key of "definition / change" is displayed at the bottom of the screen. When the execution key (SW1) is pressed to make the definition, YES is determined in the step S94, and the process shifts to the step S102.

In step S102, a candidate definition line (l ₅ ) is displayed at the bottom of the screen. In step S103, a selection input is displayed on the lower divided screen, and in step S104, key input is awaited (FIG. 21-4).

Here, when the cursor key (C8) is operated up and down, in step S106, the cursor (C8) moves between the options (1
-1) to (1-5) are moved. First, move the cursor (C8) to “Option (1-1)”, enter “Sanyo” in Kana-Kanji conversion (Fig. 21-5), and press the execution key (SW1). 'Is set to the option (1-1) with the cursor (FIG. 21-6). On the other hand, when the cancel key (SW3) is pressed, the cursor (C8) is displayed in step S107.
The candidate set for a given option is deleted. Next, the cursor (C8) is sequentially moved to the options (1-2) to (1-5) and the candidates “Electric Co., Ltd. Rotation Division”, “Electric Co., Ltd. Audio Equipment Division”, “Electric Credit” Enter 'Electrical Labor Union' with Kana-Kanji conversion (Fig. 21-7).
Here, if the display screen is a candidate, if the end key (F11) is pressed, the candidate input in step S108, that is,
“Electric Machine Co., Ltd. Rotating Machinery Division”, “Electrical Corporation Audio Equipment Division”, “Electrical Credit”, and “Electrical Labor Union” are registered in the item of the assigned department in the item management table (6), and the condition table Each of the above candidates is displayed in the process definition of the assigned department (No. 21-8).
(FIG.) And returns to step S93. Here, when the end key (F11) is pressed, the screen returns to the original in step S100, and when the cursor (C8) is positioned on the item of the assigned department on the card screen in step S7, the item management table (6) in step S109
It is determined that the candidate is registered in the item of the assigned department of,
In step S110, the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area in full-width (predetermined character size) is compared with the number of candidate characters for each candidate. If it is determined that the number of characters in the candidate is larger, the character size of the candidate is determined in step S111. Is displayed in half size (a character size smaller than a predetermined character size), and if it is determined that the number of characters that can be displayed is larger, the candidate characters are displayed in full size (a predetermined character size) in step S112. (Figure 21-9). Here, if you press "2" on the numeric keypad (SW4) to input "Rotating Machinery Division" (step S
113), in step S114, assign the item of the department assigned to 'Electric Co., Ltd.
The Rotating Machine Division 'is displayed (Fig. 21-10).

In this embodiment, when the number of characters of the candidate is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed, the character size of the candidate is displayed in half size, but the present invention is not limited to this size. Also, if the candidate is distinguished from other candidates, it is possible for the operator to select the candidate. Therefore, the character size is reduced in order to display up to a place where it can be distinguished from other candidates, that is, up to a place where different characters are displayed. You may do so.

Note that by defining 'entry processing' and 'processing definition' separately, candidates are defined in 'processing definition', and 'entry processing'
Can be switched to "not select" and "select input" as necessary to meet various demands.

If data is entered in the item specified as "reference search" in Fig. 21-2, the data is matched with the specified item of another database file specified by the user in advance and matched. Is a function that defines that data in the record containing it can be freely referenced and retrieved.

(G) Effect of the present invention As is apparent from the above description, even if the number of characters to be displayed at the time of selection and input is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area with a predetermined character size, the candidate is not changed to the predetermined character. Since the characters are displayed in a character size smaller than the size, the whole or most of the candidates can be viewed, the confirmation of the candidates becomes easy, and the labor of the operator can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings all illustrate embodiments of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram, FIG. 3 is an overall flowchart, FIG. 4 is a display switching flowchart, and FIGS. 5-1 to 5-39 are schematic diagrams of display screens for each state. 7 and 8 are flowcharts of a form output process, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a form management table, and FIG. 9 is a data conversion process. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a data conversion correspondence table, FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a data conversion position table, FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a storage state of record data in a record memory, and FIG. Is a schematic diagram of an item management table, FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a storage state of one record data in a record memory, FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a storage state of a card image, and FIG. Model of data format Fig, 17 Fig. Is a schematic view showing a storage state of the text data in the text memory, the flow chart of FIG. 18 between cards aggregation process, the 19-1 view and a
FIG. 19-2 is a schematic view of the display screen of the inter-card counting process, FIGS. 20 (a) to 20 (c) are selection input flowcharts,
FIGS. 21-1 to 21-10 are schematic diagrams of display screens for different states of selection input. (1) ... input means, (2) ... display means, (3) ...
Printing means, (4) text memory, (5) data processing record memory, (6) item management table,
(7) ... Data conversion correspondence table, (8) ... Data conversion position table, (9) ... Form management table, (10) ... Text editing means, (11) ... Text management means, ( 12) Record management means (13)
Data display format management means, (14) ... selection means,
(15) ... data conversion means, (22) ... main control means,
(23) Control means (C1) to (C8) Cursor
(F1)-(F18) Function key, (SW1)
Execute key, (SW2) ... Cursor key, (SW3) ... Cancel key, (SW4) ... Numeric keys.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Inagi 2-18-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-63-317818 (JP, A) JP-A Sho 64-37660 (JP, A) JP-A-62-166557 (JP, A) JP-A-57-81643 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a selection input function of selecting and inputting data input for a specific item from candidates registered in advance, a candidate registering means for registering a candidate to be input to the item. Display means for providing a display area for displaying the candidate, the number of characters of the candidate registered in the candidate registration means and the number of characters that can be displayed in a predetermined character size in the display area provided on the display means Comparing means for comparing, when displaying the candidate in the display area, when the comparing means determines that the number of characters of the candidate is larger than the number of characters that can be displayed in the display area in a predetermined character size, Control means for displaying in the display area a character size smaller than the predetermined character size.